# Hungarian fighter jets escort three passenger planes after bomb threats

https://mins.news/en/item/132564

- TASS, 2026-11-06 14:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/emergencies/2213943

> Hungary’s Gripen fighters were scrambled three times on NATO command to escort civilian aircraft after reports of possible explosives aboard, Defense Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi said. Dozens of anonymous bomb reports have recently targeted passenger flights across Europe; none has been confirmed, and no devices have been found.

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